<PAGE>
                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

                          SUNLINK HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
                             2001 OUTSIDE DIRECTORS'
                      STOCK OWNERSHIP AND STOCK OPTION PLAN

1.       Purpose. The SunLink Health Systems, Inc. (formerly KRUG International
Corp.) 2001 Outside Directors' Stock Ownership and Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan") is intended to provide an incentive to Outside Directors (as defined
below) of SunLink Health Systems, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), to
remain in the service of the Company and to increase their efforts for the
success of the Company, and to encourage such Outside Directors to own shares of
the Company's stock, thereby aligning their interests more closely with the
interests of the Company's stockholders.

2.       Definitions.

         (a)      "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         (b)      "Committee" means a committee consisting of members of the
         Board authorized to administer the Plan.

         (c)      "Common Stock" means the common stock, no par value, of the
         Company.

         (d)      "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
         1974, as amended.

         (e)      "Exchange Act" means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
         as amended.

         (f)      "Fair Market Value" means (i) the closing price of the Common
         Stock on the American Stock Exchange or the National Association of
         Securities Dealer Automated Quotation National Market ("NASDAQ/National
         Market"), as the case may be, on which such Common Stock is then listed
         or admitted to trading, (ii) if no sale takes place on such day on such
         exchange or the NASDAQ/National Market, as the case may be, the average
         of the last reported closing bid and asked prices on such day as
         officially quoted on such exchange or the NASDAQ/National Market, as
         the case may be, (iii) if the Common Stock is not then listed or
         admitted to trading on any stock exchange or the NASDAQ/National
         Market, as the case may be, the average of the last reported closing
         bid and asked prices on such day in the over-the-counter market, as
         furnished by the NASDAQ/National Market or the National Quotation
         Bureau, Inc., (iv) if neither such corporation at the time is exchanged
         in the business of reporting such prices, as furnished by any similar
         firm then engaged in such business, or (v) if there is no such firm, as
         furnished by any member of the National Association of Securities
         Dealers ("NASD") selected mutually by the Outside Director and the
         Company, or if they cannot agree upon such selection, as selected by
         two such members of the NASD, one of which shall be selected by the
         Outside Director and one of which shall be selected by the Company.

         (g)      "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of
         1986, as amended.
<PAGE>

         (h)      "Legal Representative" means an Outside Director's legal
         guardian, or a deceased Outside Director's executors, legal heirs,
         administrators, testamentary trustees and beneficiaries or
         distributees, whichever is applicable at any time.

         (i)      "Outside Directors" means members of the Board of the Company
         who are not members of the management of, nor are otherwise employed
         by, the Company or any subsidiary of the Company.

         (j)      "Options" means the options to purchase shares of Common Stock
         granted pursuant to this Plan.

         (k)      "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, as amended
         from time to time.

         (l)      "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

3.       Administration of the Plan.

         (a)      COMMITTEE. This Plan shall be self-administering; provided,
         however, that to the extent the Plan is not self-administering, the
         Plan shall be administered, construed and interpreted by the Company's
         existing Compensation Committee, a sub-committee thereof or another
         committee authorized by the Board (the "Committee"); further provided
         that each Committee member shall recuse himself or herself from all
         matters relating to the administration, construction or interpretation
         of this Plan in connection with any awards to such person. The terms
         and conditions of each individual stock option award shall be evidenced
         by a stock option certificate, which shall be in accordance with the
         provisions of the Plan.

         (b)      AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE. The Committee shall adopt such
         rules as it may deem appropriate in order to carry out the purpose of
         the Plan. All questions of interpretation, administration and
         application of the Plan shall be determined by a majority of the
         members of the Committee then in office, except that the Committee may
         authorize any one or more of its members or any officer of the Company
         to execute and deliver documents on behalf of the Committee. The
         determination of such majority shall be final and binding on all
         matters related to the Plan. No member of the Committee shall be liable
         for any act done or omitted to be done by such member or by any other
         member of the Committee in connection with the Plan, except for such
         member's own willful misconduct or as expressly provided by law.
         Business shall be transacted by a vote of the members of the Committee,
         and any decision or determination reduced to writing and signed by the
         members shall be as fully effective as if it had been made by a vote at
         a meeting duly called and held.

4.       Stock Reserved for the Plan. The aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan is ninety thousand (90,000),
subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 8 hereof. Shares of Common Stock
delivered hereunder may be either authorized but unissued shares or previously
issued shares reacquired and held by the Company.


                                       2
<PAGE>

In the event that any outstanding option (or portion thereof) under the Plan for
any reason expires unexercised or terminates without vesting or exercise prior
to the end of the period during which options may be granted, the shares of
Common Stock allocable to the unexercised portion of such option again may be
subjected to an option under the Plan.

5.       Required Ownership of Common Stock. Subject to any trading restrictions
imposed by applicable securities laws, as of the later to occur of (i) the date
on which this Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company or (ii) the
date on which an individual later elected as an Outside Director is nominated
for election, each Outside Director (or future Outside Director, as the case may
be) shall be required to own, and shall provide the Company with written
certification of such ownership substantially in the form provided in Exhibit
"A" hereto, at least one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock. Each Outside
Director (or future Outside Director, as the case may be) shall maintain
ownership of such number of shares of Common Stock until such Outside Director
ceases to serve as a member of the Board.

6.       Option Grants. Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be evidenced
by option certificates in such form as the Committee from time to time shall
approve; such certificates and the options granted thereby, shall comply with
and be subject to the following terms and conditions:

         (a)      NUMBER OF SHARES. Each option certificate shall state the
         total number of shares of the Common Stock to which it pertains.

         (b)      OPTION PRICE. The option price per share shall be the Fair
         Market Value per share of the Common Stock on the date of grant.

         (c)      MEDIUM AND TIME OF PAYMENT. The option price shall be payable
         upon the exercise of the option in an amount equal to the number of
         shares then being purchased times the per share option price. Payment
         at the election of the optionee, shall be (i) in cash; (ii) by delivery
         to the Company of a certificate or certificates for shares of the
         Common Stock duly endorsed for transfer to the Company with signature
         guaranteed, if requested by the Company, by a member firm of the
         American Stock Exchange or by a national banking association; or (iii)
         by a combination of (i) and (ii). In the event of any payment by
         delivery of shares of the Common Stock, such shares shall be valued on
         the basis of their respective Fair Market Values on the date of
         exercise. If payment is made by delivery of shares of the Common Stock,
         the value of such stock shall not exceed the total option price
         payment.

         (d)      TERMS OF OPTIONS. Terms of options granted under the Plan
         shall commence on the date of grant and shall expire on the tenth
         anniversary of the date of grant, subject to Section 8 hereof. No
         option may be granted under the Plan after March 31, 2006.

         (e)      VESTING. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee, each
         option shall vest one-third (1/3) on the date of grant, one-third (1/3)
         on the first year's anniversary of the date of grant and one-third
         (1/3) on the second year's anniversary of the date of grant; provided,
         however, that with respect to any options held by an optionee who does
         not


                                       3
<PAGE>

         stand for re-election upon the end of his term of office as an Outside
         Director, any options held by such optionee that are otherwise vested
         or scheduled to vest on the first business day following the next
         January 1 shall vest immediately, and all remaining options held by
         such optionee shall terminate as provided in subsection (j) hereof.
         Options shall be exercisable immediately upon vesting; provided,
         however, that no option granted to a person who is subject to Section
         16 of the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated
         thereunder shall be subject to exercise prior to the expiration of six
         months from the date of grant, and further provided, however, that all
         outstanding options shall also vest and be exercisable on the date of
         the consummation of a "change in control." For purposes of this
         section, a change in control will be deemed to be deemed to have
         occurred if any "person" or "group" of persons (as determined pursuant
         to Sections 14(d) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and
         regulations promulgated thereunder) (i) becomes the beneficial owner,
         directly or indirectly, of voting securities of the Company, or
         securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, voting securities,
         representing more than 40% of the combined voting power of the
         Company's then outstanding securities or (ii) acquires the right or
         power to nominate and/or control, directly or indirectly, a majority of
         the members of the Board, without having first received the prior
         written consent of at least two-thirds of the members of the entire
         Board in office prior to any such person or group of persons acquiring
         such right or power.

                  At the discretion of the Committee, vesting may be
         accelerated.

         (f)      METHOD OF EXERCISE. All options granted hereunder shall be
         exercised by written notice directed to the Chief Executive Officer of
         the Company at its principal place of business, accompanied by payment
         made in accordance with subsection (c) above. The Company shall make
         delivery of such shares within a reasonable period of time; provided,
         however, that if any law or regulation requires the Company to take any
         action (including but not limited to the filing of a registration
         statement under the Securities Act and causing such registration
         statement to become effective) with respect to the shares specified in
         such notice before the issuance thereof, then the date of delivery of
         such shares shall be extended for the period necessary to take such
         action.

         (g)      WHO MAY EXERCISE; NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF STOCK OPTIONS. No
         option shall be assignable or transferable by the optionee except by
         will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a
         qualified domestic relations order as defined in Rule 16b-3; and,
         during the lifetime of an optionee, the option shall be exercisable
         only by the optionee.

         (h)      OPTIONEE'S AGREEMENT. If, in the opinion of counsel for the
         Company, such action is necessary or desirable, no option shall be
         granted to any optionee unless at such time such optionee represents
         and warrants that the stock will be acquired for investment only and
         not for purposes of resale or distribution and makes such further
         representations and warranties as are deemed necessary or desirable by
         counsel to the Company with regard to holding and resale of the stock.
         If at the time of the exercise of any option, in the opinion of counsel
         for the Company, it is necessary or desirable, in order to comply


                                       4
<PAGE>

         with any applicable laws or regulations relating to the sale of
         securities, that the optionee shall represent and warrant that he or
         she is purchasing the shares that are subject to the option for
         investment and not with any present intention to resell or distribute
         the same or make other and further representations and warranties with
         regard to the holding and resale of the shares, the optionee, upon the
         request of the Committee, will execute and deliver to the Company an
         agreement or affidavit to such effect. All certificates issued pursuant
         to the exercise of any option shall be marked with a restrictive
         legend, if such marking, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, is
         necessary or desirable.

         (i)      RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. An optionee shall have no rights as a
         stockholder with respect to shares of Common Stock covered by his or
         her option until the date of the issuance of the shares to him or her
         and only after such shares are fully paid. Unless specified in Section
         6(i) hereof, no adjustment will be made for dividends or other rights
         for which the record date is prior to the date of such issuance.

         (j)      TERMINATION OF SERVICES. In the event an optionee ceases to be
         an Outside Director of the Company for any reason, any vested option or
         unexercised portion thereof granted to him or her shall terminate
         either (i) as determined by the Committee in its discretion or (ii) as
         described below in this subsection (j). Unless otherwise specified by
         the Committee, in the event an optionee during his or her life ceases
         to be an Outside Director for any reason, any vested option or
         unexercised portion thereof shall terminate on or shall not be
         exercisable after the earlier to occur of (i) the expiration date of
         the option, or (ii) ninety (90) days after termination of service as an
         Outside Director; provided, however, that with respect to any options
         held by an optionee who does not stand for re-election upon the end of
         his term of office as an Outside Director, any options held by such
         optionee that are otherwise vested or scheduled to vest on the first
         business day following the next January 1 shall vest immediately, and
         all remaining options held by such optionee shall terminate as
         otherwise provided herein. In the event of the death of the optionee
         while he or she is an Outside Director of the Company, any vested
         option or unexercised portion thereof granted to him or her may be
         exercised by his or her personal representatives, heirs or legatees at
         any time prior to the expiration of six (6) months from the date of the
         death of the optionee, but in no event later than the date of
         expiration of the option period.

         (k)      MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. The stock option certificates
         authorized under the Plan shall contain such other provisions,
         including, without limitation, restriction upon the exercise of the
         option as the Committee shall deem advisable.

7.       Withholding. An Outside Director shall be responsible for all federal,
state or local taxes, including, without limitation, FICA and FUTA taxes, if
any, (collectively "Withholding Taxes") with respect to the exercise of options.
The Company shall have the right to deduct a sufficient number of shares and/or
cash or to require the Outside Director or his or her Legal Representative to
tender sufficient cash or shares of Common Stock to the Company to pay any
Withholding Taxes required upon the exercise of options or to take such other
action as may be necessary to satisfy any such Withholding Tax obligations.
Shares of Common Stock withheld shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on
the date the tax withholding is effective.


                                       5
<PAGE>

8.       Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization. In the event that the
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company are hereafter increased or
decreased or changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares
or other securities of the Company, in any such case by reason of a
recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, combination of shares or
dividends payable in shares of the Common Stock, an adjustment of like kind
shall automatically be made in the number and kind of shares available for grant
under the Plan, subject to the right of the Committee to make such further
adjustment as it shall deem necessary to effect the provisions of this Section.
No fractional shares shall be issued in making the foregoing adjustments. No
increase in or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock for fair value
approved by the Board, whether or not in connection with a recapitalization or
reclassification, will result in any adjustment to the number of shares issuable
hereunder. All adjustments, if any, made by the Committee under this paragraph
shall be conclusive and binding on the Outside Director.

         Subject to any required action by the stockholders, if the Company
shall be a party to any reorganization involving merger, consolidation,
acquisition of the stock or acquisition of the assets of the Company, the
Committee, in its discretion, may declare (a) that all shares granted hereunder
shall pertain to and apply with appropriate adjustment as determined by the
Committee to the securities of the resulting Corporation to which a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock would be entitled.

9.       Fractional Shares. In no event shall the Company be required to issue
fractional shares. Whenever under the terms of this Section a fractional share
of Common Stock would otherwise be required to be issued, an amount in lieu
thereof shall be paid in cash based upon the Fair Market Value of such
fractional share as of the last business day of the year during which the
fractional share is payable.

10.      Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon adoption of the Plan
by the Board; provided, however, such effectiveness shall be subject to the
approval of the Plan by the holders of a majority of the shares of the Company's
Common Stock present and voting, assuming a quorum is present. The Plan shall
terminate at midnight, Eastern Standard Time, on March 31, 2006, but the Board
may terminate the Plan at any time prior to said time and date. Such termination
of the Plan by the Board shall not alter or impair any of the rights or
obligations under any options previously granted unless the affected Outside
Director shall so consent. Upon termination of the Plan by the Board, all
previously granted options shall be immediately vested, and such Outside
Directors shall become immediately entitled to exercise such options relating
thereto. However, after termination of the Plan, no Outside Director shall be
entitled to receive any further options pursuant to this Plan.

11.      Amendment, Termination. The Board may at any time and from time to time
alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part; provided,
however, that no amendment which requires stockholder approval in order for the
exemption available under Rule 16b-3 to be applicable to the Plan and the
Outside Directors shall be effective unless the same shall be approved by the
stockholders of the Company entitled to vote thereon; and provided further, that
the provisions of Section 6(a) hereof shall not be amended more than once every
six months,


                                       6
<PAGE>

other than to comply with changes in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or ERISA,
or the rules thereunder.

12.      Nature of Shares Issuable Under the Plan. Shares of Common Stock issued
pursuant to the Plan may but need not be registered under the Securities Act
and, in the case of any unregistered shares, shall bear such restrictive legends
on the certificates representing such shares as the Company shall deem
appropriate. If any law or any regulation of any commission or agency of
competent jurisdiction shall require the Company or the Outside Director to take
any action with respect to the Common Stock acquired under the Plan, then the
date upon which the Company shall issue or cause to be issued the certificate or
certificates for the shares shall be postponed until full compliance has been
made with all such requirements of law or regulations; provided, however, that
the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all necessary action
to comply with such requirements of law or regulation.

13.      Outside Director Representations. By participating in the Plan, an
Outside Director represents and, if requested by the Company, shall, at or
before the time of the issuance of the shares with respect to which a grant has
been made, deliver to the Company his or her written statement satisfactory in
form and content to the Company that he intends to hold the shares so acquired
by him for investment and not with a view to resale or other distribution
thereof to the public in violation of the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event
that the Company shall determine that, in compliance with the Securities Act or
other applicable statutes or regulations, it is necessary to register any of the
shares with respect to which a grant has been made, or to qualify any such
shares for exemption from any of the requirements of the Securities Act or any
other applicable statute or regulation, no shares shall be issued to the Outside
Director until the required action has been completed; provided, however, that
the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all action necessary
to comply with such requirements of law or regulation.

14.      Restriction on Transfer. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary (but subject to the provisions of Section 5 hereof), no shares
issued pursuant to this Plan may be resold or transferred for a period of one
(1) year after their issuance to Outside Directors.

15.      No Vested Rights.

         (a)      RETENTION AS AN OUTSIDE DIRECTOR. Nothing contained in the
         Plan or with respect to any grant shall interfere with or limit in any
         way the right of the stockholders of the Company to remove any Outside
         Director from the Board pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation and
         Regulations of the Company, nor confer upon any Outside Director any
         right to continue in the service of the Company as an Outside Director.

         (b)      NON-TRANSFERABILITY. No right or interest of any Outside
         Director in any grant shall be assignable or transferrable during the
         lifetime of the Outside Director, either voluntarily or involuntarily,
         or subjected to any lien directly or indirectly, by operation of law or
         otherwise, including execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge
         or bankruptcy. In the event of an Outside Director's death, an Outside
         Director's rights and interests in a grant shall be transferrable by
         will or the laws of dissent and distribution to


                                       7
<PAGE>

         an Outside Director's Legal Representative. The Committee may require
         any person claiming such status to present evidence satisfactory to the
         Committee of such status.

16.      Plan Interpretation. The Plan is intended to comply with Rule 16b-3 and
shall be construed to so comply. The validity, construction, interpretation and
effect of the Plan and all rights of any persons having or claiming to have any
interest in the Plan shall, to the extent such questions are governed by state
law, be governed by the internal laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its
conflict of law rules.

17.      Headings. The headings of sections and sub-sections herein are included
solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or
interpretation of any of the provisions of the Plan.


                                       8
<PAGE>

                                   Exhibit "A"

                         OUTSIDE DIRECTOR'S CERTIFICATE

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 5 of the 2001 Outside
Director's Stock Ownership and Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") of SunLink Health
Systems, Inc. (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby certifies as follows:

         1.       As of the date hereof, the undersigned is a duly elected
         Outside Director (as defined in the Plan) of the Board of Directors of
         the Company.

         2.       As of the later to occur of (i) March __, 2001, (ii) the date
         on which the Plan shall be approved by the stockholders of the Company
         at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company or (iii) the date
         on which the undersigned was nominated for election as an Outside
         Director, the undersigned shall be the owner of at least one thousand
         (1,000) shares of the common stock of the Company, without par value.

         3.       Pursuant to the requirements of the Plan, the undersigned has
         agreed to maintain ownership of at least one thousand (1,000) shares of
         the Company's common stock from the date specified in paragraph (2)
         above until the undersigned's service as a member of the Board of
         Directors of the Company ceases.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this
_____ day of __________, 200__.

                                             Signature
                                                       -------------------------

                                   Name (Please Print)
                                                       -------------------------


                                       9